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David Schoenfield, ESPN.comWhile a high percentage of baseball's top pitchers were first-round picks, many come from the lower rounds of the draft.
Story | Conversation | June 01, 2009Extra Credit
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Story | Conversation | December 09, 2008Braves 5, Tigers 4
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Recap | Box Score | Conversation | March 06, 2008Salary clouds over young stars
Nick Markakis became the latest young star to have his contract renewed, following Jeff Francoeur, Prince Fielder and others. In two years, this situa...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 05, 2008
Granderson, Ordonez lead Tigers past Blue Jays 4-1
Granderson, Ordonez lead Tigers past Blue Jays 4-1
Preview | February 28, 2008Spring Training Blog: Feb. 27, 2008
...the slain students. In the game, Troy Tulowitzki homered on his first swing of the spring and Matt Holliday hit a long double and made a nice defensive play as the NL champion Colorado Rockies...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 27, 2008Some familiar faces back chasing their dreams
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comFrom Brian Anderson to Kent Mercker to Edgardo Alfonzo, many players who haven't set foot on a major league roster in a while have been "invited" to spring training.
Story | Conversation | February 27, 2008A ring to Maddux-Glavine-Smoltz
The Hall of Fame voting will generally be an ugly event the rest of our lives, an annual referendum on whether players suspected of using performance-...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 23, 2008
Spring Training Blog: Feb. 17, 2008
BIG UNIT IMPRESSES IN AUDITION: (6:30 p.m. ET) Randy Johnson called it an audition. The 44-year-old left-hander, who six months ago underwent his se...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 17, 2008Rice production and OPS+
A lot of e-mail landed here about Friday's Jim Rice column, most of which suggests: First, that I cherry-picked statistics to make Rice look good; sec...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 12, 2008
The Yankees' Mitchell mess
Some baseball executives wonder whether federal investigators will uncover drug-dispensing trainers and batboys in other cities, in Los Angeles or Kan...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 10, 2008
Talk of instant replay to take place
A limited use of instant replay will be formally recommended by general managers for the first time next week, some GMs are predicting privately. The...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 01, 2007
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BASEBALL TONIGHT EXTRA An unexpected Final Four By Mark Simon ESPN Research We have a final foursome now that the Indians have dispatched of the Y...
Page | ConversationTejada, Schmidt, catching up
Well, I'm back. It was a fine vacation, but it had to end at some point. I'm feeling better today than quite a few of the fantasy players in the news ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 25, 2007
Fielder lumbers to history
We've often said our readers could easily launch their own Useless Information column. That's how sharp, creative and, well, crazed you folks are. (An...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 20, 2007
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